Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Clearwinged Grasshopper

Camnula pellucida (Scudder) 

Table 1. Activity of nymphs and adults of the clearwinged grasshopper, Camnula pellucida (Scudder), correlated with air and soil temperatures^a (After Parker 1930).

		Nymphs		Adults
Name of activity	Description	Air	Soil	Air	Soil
Beginning of activity	Basking, exposure to sun	60	76	62	78
Beginning of normal activity	Feeding	65	94	67	95
-	Starting migration	67	93	75	102
-	Molting	70
-	Mating			68
-	Starting oviposition			72	101
Beginning of climbing to escape heat	Climbing vegetation			80	107
Beginning of clustering in evening	Basking, exposure to sun	68	87	70	90
Ending of activity	Moving to shelter	65	77	67	80

^aAverage Temperature F^o

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